MIDDLESEX
(To wit.)}

AN INQUISITION Indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the parish
of Samuel Mary [..] in the County of
Middlesex , the Twenty second Day of [..] Twenty first Year of the Reign of
Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, of the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and
Ireland , King Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before Thomas Phillips< no role >
one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of
Richard Cowell< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
John Finch< no role > Joseph Hughes< no role > , William Smith< no role > , John Leggett< no role > , Christian Well< no role > , Thomas
Williams, Philip Sees< no role > , Jeremiah Juson< no role > , Thomas Stillper< no role > , John Murray< no role > , Richard
Lloyd< no role > and Benjamin Rice< no role > This name instance is in set 3176.
good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
said Richard Cowell< no role > came to his
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That The said Richard Cowell< no role > on the Twentieth Day
of August in the Year aforesaid being an Infant of the Age of Nine years or thereabouts
and being in a certain Field called Prichards Field situate in the Parish of Saint
Leonard Shoreditch in the said County It so happened That a certain White Horse
which was in the said Field then and there accidentally, casually and by Misfortune
struck the said Richard Cowell< no role > with his hinder Feet and did then and there give unto
him the said Richard Cowell< no role > one Mortal Bruise in and upon the Left Side of him
the said Richard Cowell< no role > , Of which said Mortal Bruise he the said Richard Cowell< no role > [..]
at the Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch aforesaid and also at the Parish of Saint
Mary Matfellon otherwise White Chapell in the County aforesaid to Wit in a certain
Hospital there situate called The London Hospital Did Languish for the Space of
One Hour [..] and then died (to Wit) in the London Hospital aforesaid And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That the said Richard Cowell< no role > in
Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally casually and by misfortune came
to his Death And That the said White Horse was the Cause of the Death of the said
Richard Cowell< no role > and is of the Price of Twenty Shillings and the Property and in the
Possession of Andrew Prichard< no role > of the Parish of Saint Mathew Bethnall Green in the said County Tile Maker
of his Assigns

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said John Finch< no role >
the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
above written.

Thos. Phillips< no role > [mark] Coroner

John Finch< no role > [mark] Foreman